The Kansas City Royals pulled it off against the Texas Rangers, 3 to 2, on May 12, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

16-12

2

KCR

3

1

0

0

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

2

R

2

3

H

9

11

E

0

0

Top 2nd

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Single by Leon Roberts; Pat Putnam scored.

1

0

Rangers

Single by Mario Mendoza; Leon Roberts scored.

2

0

Bottom 6th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

2

1

Bottom 9th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Frank White; Amos Otis scored.

2

2

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Danny Garcia scored.

2

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Oliver DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Grubb RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Putnam 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Leon Roberts LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Sundberg C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mario Mendoza SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Totals 34 2 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack (L) 8.0 10 3 3 1 2 0
Steve Comer 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
John Henry Johnson 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.2 11 3 3 2 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
U L Washington SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lee May 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Garcia PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Aikens PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Grote C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 11 3 0 2 3 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Leonard (W) 9.0 9 2 2 2 3 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 3 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

9th

R

132

12th

SO

204

26th

ERA

3.14

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 6.0
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
0-17

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
PIT PIT
@
SFG SFG
9:05 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM